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Sir Arthur Wallace Pickard-Cambridge (20 January 1873 – 7 February 1952) was a British classicist and one of the greatest authorities on the theatre of ancient Greece in the first half of the 20th century. Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth Rectory, the son of the Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917), a naturalist and entomologist. 〔 〕 He served as a fellow and tutor at Balliol College, Oxford (1897-1929),〔(British Academy fellowship record )〕 Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh (1928-1930).〔 and Vice-chancellor of Sheffield University from 1930 to 1938.〔Arthur William Chapman, ''The story of a modern university: a history of the University of Sheffield'', published for the University of Sheffield by Oxford University Press, 1955, p.xiii〕 He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1934,〔 and knighted in 1950 ''"For services to education"'',〔(), 2 Jan 1950, Page 2, Supplement to the London Gazette〕 just two years before his death. ==Quotations== ''I rank examinations as they are treated in most schools as among the worst enemies to education, to freedom of thought, and independence of judgment.''—Letter to the ''Daily Mirror'' 1935〔''Daily Mirror'', 7 September 1935〕 ''Everything is done for us nowadays: we have lost our independence of thought. On every side we see men like sheep taking passively what is given to them.. getting even their standard of taste from the radio in this 'Switch it on' and 'Put me through' age.''—Address to the Congress of Universities of the British Empire, 1936〔:—''Daily Mirror'', 18 July 1936〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Wallace Pickard-Cambridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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